Crime in the City: Analysis. History Research Paper.

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Crime in the City: Analysis
“Crime in the City” is a primary source. This is evidenced in article's date, subject, language and archiving. The article, preceded by a historical background, offers valuable insights to modern readers, or at least readers of subsequent decades, of a current state of affairs of a typical, small American city, Worcester, namely prevalence of crime, prostitution and vice in general. The author, adopting a moral tone, laments declining fortunes of Worcester gripped, on one hand, by several forms of vice and, on another, by elected officials, supposedly against immorality and for public good, apparently support a rum lobby for personal gain at considerable expense of overall public welfare. The article concludes by urging readers to stand up against corrupt officials at ballot box in order to end each and every fo...